Tie and rail-fastener.



' W. T. SMITH.

TIE AND RAIL PASTENER APPLICATION FILED-OUT. 2, 1911.

1,022,890. i Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

INVENTOR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON, D4 C.

WILLIAM T. SMITH, OF SWISSVALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE AND RAIIwFASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Serial No. 652,380.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. SMITH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Swissvale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw mg.

This invention relates to ties and rail fasteners, and the objects of my invention are to provide a concrete tie that is durable and inexpensive to manufacture, and to provide a tie having a bearing surface that will afford a sure and ready means for attaching a rail chair. 7

Other obj ects of my invention are to provide a tie possessing sufiicient strength and firmness to support the great weight of rolling stock, and to furnish the tie with a fastenerthat will preserve the alinement of rails.

Further objects of my invention are to eliminate the use of spikes as a fastening for rails, and to provide a fastener that can be easilyand quickly installed'by unskilled labor.

VVith'the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel constructtion, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed. I

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein 2 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a tie and rail fastener in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the tie. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of tie, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a detached fastener member.

A tie in accordance with this invention comprises an oblong body 1 made of a plastic material, as concrete. The body 1 conforms in shape to an ordinary tie and said body is reinforced by longitudinal rods 2. These rods extend from one end of a body to the opposite end and are embedded in the tie adjacent to the vertical longitudinal walls thereof.

The concrete body 1, contiguous to the ends thereof, is provided with V-shaped recesses 3 having the lower ends thereof in proximity to the bottom of the tie. Each recess receives two metallic rail fasteners '4 having vertical confronting walls 5 and inclined walls 6 to engage the inclined walls of the recesses 3. The fasteners 4 have the upper ends thereof flushwith the top of the tie and the upper ends of the fasteners support the base flanges 7 of a rail 8. The base flanges 7 are retained upon the fasteners by hooks 9 carried by the outer edges of said fasteners.

The lower ends of the-fasteners arere duced to fit in the lower end of recesses 3 and the reduced ends of said fasteners have registering apertures 9. These apertures aline with a longitudinal bore 10 formed in the concrete body 1 and extend from one end thereof to the opposite end. The bore 10 intermediate the fasteners at the ends of the'tie is enlarged to accommodate a spacing I against metallic plates 16 embedded in the ends of a tie, said plates having openings 17 to receive the ends of a tie rod.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings there is illus' trated a modification of the invention, wherein the top of the tie has a rail plate 18 supporting a metallic lining 19 for the recesses 3, this lining preventing the fasteners 4 from wearing away the walls of the recesses 3.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the fasteners 4 are readily assembled in a recess 3, that it is only necessary to hold the rail 8 in an elevated position relatively to the tie 1 to place the fasteners in engagement with the rail and said fasteners in the recesses 3. The tie rod 12 can be quickly placed in position to lock the fasteners with in the tie, and even though the nuts 14 should become displaced, it is practically impossible for the rod 12 to be shifted out of the tie, particularly after the tie has been tamped in the ballast of a road bed.

The greater the pressure of rolling stock upon the rail 8, the greater the clamping effect of the fasteners 4, and as the tie is reinforced by the rods 2 and the tie rod 12, it is impossible for the fasteners 4 to break or materially injurethe ti-e when rolling stock is passing over the same.

What I claim is 1. In a rail fastener, the combination with the tie having V shaped recesses formed therein adjacent to the ends of said tie and a longitudinal bore extending from one end of said tie to the other end and intersecting said recesses, and rails, of fasteners mounted in the recesses of said tie and engaging the base flanges of said rails, a sleeve arranged in the bore of said tie between the fasteners at the ends thereof, a tie rod mounted in said bore and extending through said sleeve and said fasteners.

2. In a rail fastener, the combination with the tie having V shaped recesses formed therein adjacent to the ends of said tie and a longitudinal bore extending from one end of said tie to the other end and intersecting said recesses, and rails, of fasteners mounted in the recesses of said tie and engaging the base flanges of said rails, a sleeve arranged in the bore of saidtie between the fasteners at the ends thereof, a tie rod mounted in said bore and extending through said sleeve and said fasteners, and means including nuts and washers adapted to retain said tie rod in said tie.

3. In a tie and rail fastener, a concrete body having metallic reinforcements, said body having V shaped recesses formed there in, said body having a longitudinal bore formed therein intersecting said recesses, tapering fasteners arranged in said recesses and adapted to retain rails upon said tie, a tie rod arranged in the bore of said body and extending through the lower ends of said fasteners, and means for retaining said tie rod in the bore of said body.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. SMITH.

WVitnesses:

Max H. SRoLovITz, CHRISTINA T. H001).

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